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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Brachytherapy. 2017 Jan 16;16(2):245–265. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2016.11.017

Table 3.

Intermediate Risk (IR) and High Risk (HR) disease

IR and
HR
Type of the
study/institution
Year
of
study
Number
of
patients
Median
FU in
years
Treatment Risk
Stratification
%
ADT
Median
ADT
duration
Overall
bPFS
ADT
benefit
to bPFS
Overall
CSS
ADT
benefit
to CSS
Overall OS ADT
benefit
to OS
Comments and factors predictive
of outcome for bPFS, CSS and OS
LDR
Lee (81) Mount Sinai NY 1990-1998 201 3.5y LDR±ADT IR: 33%
HR: 67%
66% 6mo 68% Benefit to ADT for low D90 NR NR NR NR bPFS(ADT, RS, iPSA, D90 in ADT naïve - 25% bPFS benefit to ADT with low D90)
Strom (82) Tampa FL 2001-2011 120 5.2y LDR+EBRT±ADT IR: 76%
HR: 24%
45% IR 4 mo HR 28mo NR No benefit NR No benefit NR No benefit OS (age, trend for ADT benefit in HR (12% p=NS)
Merrick (83) Multiinstitutional US 1995-2003 530 5.7y LDR+EBRT±ADT IR: 73%
HR: 27%
33% 4-7mo (3-36mo) 95.2% No benefit 95.2% No benefit 77.3% No benefit bPFS (iPSA, CS)
CSS(CS)
OS (age, diabetes, tobacco)
Merrick (84) Multiinstitutional US RCT - 20 vs 44Gy EBRT + PB 1999-2004 247 9y LDR+EBRT±ADT PSA>10;
15%
GS 8-9: 15%
32% 4 and 9 mo 93.2% No benefit 97.7% No benefit 80% No benefit bPFS (PSA, CS)
Dattoli (85) Multiinstitutional US 1992-1997 321 10.5y LDR+EBRT±ADT IR: 49%
HR: 51%
44% 4mo (36) 82% No benefit NR NR NR NR bPFS (GS, PAP)
Merrick (86) Multiinstitutional US RCT - 0 vs.20 vs. 44GyEBRT + PB 1999-2013 630 7.7y LDR±EBRT±ADT fIR: 46%
uIR: 46%
HR: 8%
10-56% 6mo 99-85% for IR and HR No benefit 100-95% for IR and HR No-benefit 80-57% for IR and HR No benefit bPFS(iPSA, P vol.)
CSS (risk groups, PPC, P vol.)
OS (age, iPSA, tobacco)
HDR/LDR
Kraus (87) William Beaumont 1991-2004 1044 pts 5y LDR/HDR±EBRT±ADT IR: 75%
HR: 25%
40% 6 mo 72% No benefit 98% No benefit 83%vs79%for+ADT No benefit bPFS (iPSA, GS, CS. ADT improved bPFS 11.5% p=0.02 with LDR/HDR monotherapy. ADT improved FFCF with GS>=8 and bulky local disease
HDR
Schiffmann (88) Hamburg Germany 1999-2009 392 4y LDR±EBRT±ADT IR:46%
HR:53%
56% 3mo 77%/65% tri vs. bi modality ADT Benefit (11%-20%) NR NR NR NR bPFS (ADT benefit 12% for IR and 20% in HR)